2000 Indy Racing League

The 2000 Indy Racing League consisted of 9 races, held at 8 circuits across the United States of America. Buddy Lazier won the Drivers’ Championship.

2000 Races

Round	Date	Event	Circuit	Track Type	Winner	Car/Engine	Avg. Speed
1	29 January 2000	Delphi Indy 200	Walt Disney World Speedway	Oval	Robbie Buhl	G-Force/Oldsmobile	102.292
2	19 March 2000	MCI WorldCom Indy 200	Phoenix Raceway	Oval	Buddy Lazier	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile	111.957
3	22 April 2000	Vegas Indy 300	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Oval	Al Unser Jr.	G-Force/Oldsmobile	136.691
4	28 May 2000	84th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Oval	Juan Pablo Montoya	G-Force/Oldsmobile	-
5	11 June 2000	Casino Magic 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Oval	Scott Sharp	Dallara/Oldsmobile	-
6	18 June 2000	Radisson Indy 200	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Oval	Eddie Cheever Jr.	Dallara/Infiniti	-
7	15 July 2000	Midas 500 Classic	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Oval	Greg Ray	Dallara/Oldsmobile	-
8	27 August 2000	Belterra Resort Indy 300	Kentucky Speedway	Oval	Buddy Lazier	Dallara/Oldsmobile	164.601
9	15 October 2000	Excite 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Oval	Scott Goodyear	Dallara/Oldsmobile	175.276

2000 Driver Standings

Pos.	Driver	WDW	PHX	LAS	IND	TEX	PIK	ATL	KEN	TEX	Points
1	Buddy Lazier	40	50	8	40	26	4	40	50	32	290
2	Scott Goodyear	32	40	18	22	30	14	19	45	52	272
3	Eddie Cheever Jr.	35	20	19	30	22	50	9	32	40	257
4	Eliseo Salazar	30	32	12	36	13	28	22	7	30	210
5	Donnie Beechler	28	35	4	18	8	30	31	20	28	202
6	Mark Dismore	14	16	45	19	28	33	12	19	16	202
7	Scott Sharp	15	33	4	20	50	37	14	6	17	196
8	Robbie Buhl	52	26	30	4	12	9	28	17	12	190
9	Al Unser Jr.	5	22	50	1	37	20	35	3	15	188
10	Jeff Ward	26	19	9	32	11	15	11	28	25	176
11	Robby McGehee	20	6	28	9	40	17	32	16	6	174
12	Greg Ray	13	14	24	4	15	13	55	27	7	172
13	Stephan Gregoire	12	24	2	24	19	24	26	30	10	171
14	Billy Boat	22	28	26	0	7	12	24	12	35	166
15	Buzz Calkins	24	7	5	12	32	18	7	18	22	145
16	Airton Dare	19	8	16	5	20	40	5	11	18	142
17	Jeret Schroeder	11	18	32	16	9	26	6	4	14	136
18	Tyce Carlson	17	15	24	0	17	19	17	8	7	124
19	Sarah Fisher	0	17	13	1	18	5	16	35	19	124
20	Jaques Lazier	7	0	20	17	16	22	0	10	20	112
21	Sam Hornish Jr.	10	13	35	6	10	11	0	22	3	110
22	Shigeaki Hattori	0	0	0	0	24	13	22	24	26	109
23	Davey Hamilton	4	12	10	10	6	16	15	14	11	98
24	Jimmy Kite	0	4	14	1	14	6	18	13	9	79
25	Juan Pablo Montoya	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	54
26	Doug Didero	16	5	11	0	3	8	0	0	0	43
27	Ronnie Johncox	0	16	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	33
28	J.J. Yeley	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15	5	33
29	Robby Gordon	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	28
30	Jason Leffler	0	0	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	28
31	Niclas Jonsson	18	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27
32	Jimmy Vasser	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	26
33	Stevie Reeves	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	8	25
34	Robby Unser	6	0	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	19
35	Scott Harrington	0	0	7	0	0	0	10	0	0	17
36	Zak Morioka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15
37	Raul Boesel	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	14
38	Steve Knapp	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	11
39	Bobby Regester	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
40	John Hollansworth Jr.	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
41	Jon Herb	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
42	Johnny Unser	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	8
43	Roberto Guerrero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
44	Stan Wattles	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	7
45	Jack Miller	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
46	Billy Roe	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
47	Richie Hearn	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
48	Andy Hillenburg	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
49	Lyn St. James	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1